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Minnesota vs Sacramento Notebook: Timberwolves 86, Kings 84
Posted Wednesday February 8, 2012 12:26AM
By Phil Miller, for NBA.com
THE FACTS: Nikola Pe...
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Minnesota vs Sacramento Notebook: Timberwolves 86, Kings 84
Posted Wednesday February 8, 2012 12:26AM
By Phil Miller, for NBA.com
THE FACTS: Nikola Pekovic scored 23 points and added 10 rebounds Tuesday, and Michael Beasley added 17 points off the bench, helping the Timberwolves survive without suspended All-Star Kevin Love for an 86-84 victory over the Kings in Minneapolis. Marcus Thornton scored 22 points to help Sacramento rally from a 15-point deficit, but Donte Green missed a 3-point shot as the buzzer sounded that would have extended the Kings' winning streak to four games.
Instead, it's the Timberwolves, above .500 for the first time at 13-12, who are enjoying a streak, now three straight wins and six in their last eight games, despite playing without Love. The All-Star forward, who ranks fourth in the league in scoring (25.0 points per game) and second in rebounding (13.7) was suspended Monday for stepping on Rockets forward Luis Scola's face during Saturday's victory.
Derrick Williams started in Love's place and scored 14 points, one off his career high, including a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 56.8 seconds to play. Ricky Rubio helped the Wolves get off to a quick start, piling up eight assists as the Wolves took a 31-16 lead. Rubio matched his career high of 14 assists for the game. But the Kings, who rallied from 19 points down to beat New Orleans on Monday, chipped away at Minnesota's lead. Ultimately, however, they could not overcome a 37.8 percent shooting night, including DeMarcus Cousins' 3-for-13 effort.
QUOTABLE: "Great shot Rook!"
-- Love, via Twitter (@kevinlove), after rookie Derrick Williams broke an 82-82 tie by nailing a 3-pointer from the right corner with 56.8 seconds left. Love was at home watching the game on TV while serving his two-game suspension
THE STAT: 4:00 -- First-quarter minutes played by Cousins before sitting down with two fouls and an 0-for-3 start to the night. The poor start visibly frustrated Cousins, who never got into an offensive rhythm and followed up Monday's 28-point performance in New Orleans with only 10 points against the Wolves.
TURNING POINT: Pekovic watched video of Cousins' 28-point Monday-night performance against New Orleans before Tuesday's game, and told himself to set a physical tone immediately against the mercurial Kings center. When he did so, Cousins answered back, and picked up quick fouls: two of them in the first four minutes, another before halftime, five for the game. Cousins spent much of the game shaking his head and complaining to the officials, and thus distracted, managed to miss 10 of the 13 shots he took from the floor. Not until the game's final two minutes, when Cousins twice drew shooting fouls against Pekovic, did Cousins, who finished with only 10 points, appear confident against the Wolves' big man.
QUOTABLE II: "He's going to want to be a point guard now. All those big guys want to handle the ball."
-- Wolves coach Rick Adelman, on Pekovic's steal and length-of-the-floor fast break for a layup
HOT: Jimmer Fredette scored 13 points on 5-for-8 shooting, but all five baskets -- three 3-pointers, a 20-foot jumper and a fast-break layup -- came in a 5:09 span of the fourth quarter, the sort of instant offense that made Fredette famous at BYU. The Kings' rookie guard also contributed three assists and two steals in 17 total minutes.
Con't. @ http://www.nba.com/games/20120207/SAC...
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From their 1979 album, The Wall. The Soundtrack of the film. Included are all 3 parts of "Another Brick in the Wall" plus the session wit...
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From their 1979 album, The Wall. The Soundtrack of the film. Included are all 3 parts of "Another Brick in the Wall" plus the session with the school master, "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"
If you want to skip to a song...click a starting time below:
0:00 Another Brick in the Wall, pt 1
2:45 The Happiest Days of Our Lives
4:42 Another Brick in the Wall, pt 2
7:57 Another Brick in the Wall, pt 3
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